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NPD-SCM Alignment in Mass Customization

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Mass Customization

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This chapter aims to develop a new product development supply chain management alignment framework for mass customization. A case study conducted in industry motivates this framework. Variety, modularity, and innovativeness are the product features that should be taken into account when studying alignment in a mass customization setting. From the supply chain viewpoint, configuration, collaboration, and coordination complexities are the variables that matter. We formulate ten propositions explaining the relationships between the variables of the framework. It must be noted that innovativeness, a variable that has so far been neglected with respect to the alignment question, plays a critical role in supply chain management decisions.

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  1. Institute of Business Logistics and General Management, Hamburg University of Technology, Schwarzenbergstraße 95, 21073, Hamburg, Germany

    Nizar Abdelkafi & Thorsten Blecker

  2. Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, via Lambruschini, 4B, 20156, Milano, Italy

    Margherita Pero & Andrea Sianesi

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  1. Industrial and Transportation Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 99, 90040-020, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Flavio S. Fogliatto

  2. Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Giovani J. C. da Silveira

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Abdelkafi, N., Pero, M., Blecker, T., Sianesi, A. (2011). NPD-SCM Alignment in Mass Customization. In: Fogliatto, F., da Silveira, G. (eds) Mass Customization. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-489-0_4

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